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… archaea and eukaryotes, and they range in particle and genome size from small, to large and even giant. The genomes … genomes of uncultivated giant viruses from environmental sequences across the globe, then using these sequences to … and giant viruses to any known virus lineage. “Getting complete, near complete, or partial giant virus genomes …

… Tracking evolution of symbiotic lifestyles across multiple fungal lineages. The Science By comparing 135 fungal sequenced genomes, researchers were able to carry out a broader … project was funded by the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science User Facility, and …

… 15 years, Ray Turner has been one constant for the Joint Genome Institute. On July 1, 2020, that all changed. Ray’s … as a typical monthly JGI All-Hands Meeting, after a couple of perfunctory items, the agenda went off the rails – … Ray oversaw the acquisition and renovation of Building 310, adding the crowning piece of the entire 80,000 square …

… that allows researchers to quickly modify diverse bacterial genomes. In 2019, the JGI’s Yasuo Yoshikuni and his team  … ( CRAGE ). CRAGE enables scientists to insert large pieces of DNA (up to 60 kb) in a single step, directly into the … domesticate some 60 strains, inserting into them a genetic sequence that acts as a “landing pad.” Mouncey adds, “Once …

… microbial genomics reveals one bacterial species is made of four ecologically distinct groups with different … periodically at different depths. In order to determine the genome structure of SAR324 cells and their gene expression, the team then sequenced community genomes and expressed gene transcripts …

… researchers built an interactive and comprehensive database of fermentative prokaryotes. The Science Most organisms use … including the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User … records of 8,350 organisms along with 4,355 genomes and 13.6 million genes. The results reveal that fermentative …